Editorials
Our view: Take time to thank teachers for their service
School is out for summer. It’s a time to celebrate our graduates and for students of all grades ...
Columns
Armstrong Williams: CUNY law: A graduation under siege
Education ought to be the bedrock for fostering critical thinking and providing a landscape for the exploration of ...
Columns
Owl’s Eye: What’s in a name?
Over Memorial Day weekend, I had a chance to flutter into a wonderful bar-be-cue offered by Veterans of ...
Editorials
Our view: No buyer’s remorse for those who don’t invest
The seeds for allowing medical cannabis dispensaries in the city of Athens were planted in November 2022 when ...
Columns
George Will: The Supreme Court votes for clarity from Congress. How refreshing.
“Jarndyce and Jarndyce drones on.” — “Bleak House,” by Charles Dickens Dickens imagined the probate case Jarndyce and ...
Columns
Steve Flowers: Girls State has had profound effect on our state leaders
The Alabama Boys State and Girls State programs have been the spawning ground for Alabama political leaders for ...
Columns
Armstrong Williams: A true statesman, C. Boyden Gray
I lost a dear mentor and friend last Sunday when C. Boyden Gray departed to become a bright ...
Columns
Owl’s Eye: Commencement time
We Owls are often pictured wearing glasses. This is to make us look wise. My mom owl once ...
Editorials
Our view: Opening your government: Meetings and deliberations
Our state’s Open Meetings Act was passed, according to the Alabama Press Association, “with the purpose of ensuring ...
Columns
Steve Flowers: Women in Alabama politics
It is hard to imagine that it was only a little more than 100 years ago that women ...